NORTHRIDGE : Olympian to Speak at CSUN Graduation

An Olympic athlete, a television journalist and a lithographer are among the featured speakers at this year’s commencement exercises for graduates of Cal State Northridge on June 6, 7 and 8.

Gold medalist in track at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul and a sports commentator, Florence Griffith-Joyner, or Flo-Jo, as her fans came to know her, will address graduates of the CSUN School of Communication, Health and Human Services. Joyner had attended CSUN as a business major before receiving a scholarship from UCLA.

Ruben Martinez, co-host of KCET’s “Life and Times,” will speak at the graduation for the School of Humanities.

Addressing School of Arts graduates will be June Wayne, who founded Hollywood’s Tamarind Lithography Workshop in 1960 and is an artist specializing in lithography.